Principal calls for railing on bridge amid safety concerns

A SECONDARY school principal has pleaded with Cork Co Council to install safety railings on a bridge to prevent his pupils from falling into the shallow river below and getting killed or seriously injured.

Seamus Buckley, principal at Coláiste Treasa in Kanturk, said he was fearful that sooner or later one of his pupils would fall over the small wall on the 300-year-old bridge near his school. The school’s parents’ association is so concerned it priced putting up a safety railing and is prepared to foot the €3,500 bill itself.

However, the bridge is a protected structure under law and this might preclude such work being carried out.